If youre an EMT or paramedic and you dont like it or cant take the stress, then quit. Even in a market like this where recruiting may be tough, someone will come along and take your job.
QUIT! Dont go on strike and hold the public hostage. You chose to be a paramedic. Hopefully you did your research and new what the pay was and what the working conditions were. 2% to 3% sounds good to me. If thats not enough for you then quit and find a new career. Even if we give you 10% now, you will be back at the trough in a few years asking for another 10%.
In the absence of scum sucking unions, jobs usually pay what the markets values them at. Years ago, engineers couldnt find jobs in Calgary. There was no demand and hence wages were low. Today theres a demand for engineers and thus the jobs pay well.
Ask the union if oil crashes and the housing market crashes in Calgary, will the paramedics and EMTs give their wage increases back? In poor economic times, everyone loves a government job because it gives you security even if your job is not needed anymore. Throw in benefits and guaranteed hours and overtime and all of a sudden that union job looks great.
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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
It means getting paid what they are worth.....it lets the employee know that their work is appreciated and respected (hard to come by when you work in the public service)......it helps with having to watch people die, having to be in contact with people that have communicable diseases, people that dont want your help and try to hurt you, having to be away from your family because of shift work, having a lower life expectancy because of shift work......these people deserve what they are asking for....it is very straight forward.
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